Scientists have found a way to get rid of microplastics that have been found in our food and drinks by boiling it.

Tiny fragments of plastic are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, particularly through our food ...

New research shows that boiling hard tap water may significantly reduce microplastics and other contaminants, offering a ...

A new study finds that boiling and then filtering tap water can remove up to 90 percent of microplastics. For the new research, scientists in China sought a cheap, easy way to remove microplastics ...

You have lots of choices when it comes to products that filter your home drinking water. For its tests, Consumer Reports spiked water with lead and chloroform (a surrogate for organic compounds like ...

It's no secret... tap and well water can harbor lots of hardness, contaminants, and odor. That stuff isn't a health risk, but certainly makes water taste bad. Brita Pitchers promise to drastically ...

MT. PLEASANT -- Central Michigan University faculty member Anja Mueller has invented a method to filter 300 times more perchlorates from water than typical consumer filters currently on the market.

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Tiny animals like oysters, mussels, zooplankton, and insect larvae filter debris and algae to keep lakes, rivers, and seas clear.

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Navy started flushing and filtering its drinking water Monday and says scrubbing and testing multiple neighborhoods around Pearl Harbor could take 30 to 45 days, which ...